Falcons coach Dan Quinn comments on rough game for Jalen Collins

Falcons coach Dan Quinn comments on rough game for Jalen Collins

If you can think of someone who had a worse week than Atlanta Falcons cornerback Jalen Collins, we’d love to hear it.

On Sunday, Collins was suspended 10 games by the NFL for his second violation of the league’s performance enhancing drugs policy. Some teams would have cut Collins right away but coach Dan Quinn opted to give Collins some playing time in the preseason instead.

Whether that move was altruistic or intended to boost Collins’ trade value, it did not work out.

Collins got roasted by the Miami Dolphins in his preseason debut, giving up several big plays to rookie wide receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow, including what turned out to be a game-losing 99 yard touchdown.

Really tough week for Jalen. . . From the suspension, and then not playing well in [Thursday night’s] game. He probably played a little more than we anticipated going in. But when we pulled a couple of the guys who we had an evaluation on, that’s where his plays got extended.

Going forward, the team’s options with Collins are extremely limited.

If he had played well against Miami, the Dolphins might have considered making a move for him as they’re relatively thin at cornerback. After seeing his performance that definitely won’t be happening.

The Philadelphia Eagles were arguably weaker at corner than any other team in the league coming into this season. Combined with an aggressive general manager, this made them ideal partners for a potential Collins deal. Howie Roseman had other (better) ideas, though. Yesterday the Eagles traded their drop-plagued wide receiver Jordan Matthews to the Buffalo Bills for promising third-year cornerback Ronald Darby, who is not facing a 10-game suspension.

Unless another team suffers a series of devastating injuries at corner, Collins’ odds of getting dealt now are not good.